Italy really cannot be praised enough as a train country. We are so happy to ride trains here. See my previous posts about the subject. The journey from Syracuse in Sicily to Naples was yet another good rail experience. I have described the first part of the trip from Siracusa- Vila S. Giovanni here. This description therefore concentrates on the second part of the journey …
This is one of the greatest train experiences we have ever had! And that’s saying a lot, since we’ve traveled quite a bit by train across Europe. Last Train Ferry in Europe There have been many train ferries around Europe, but most have now been replaced by bridges. As there is still no bridge between the Italian mainland and Sicily, there are still train ferries …
The trains in Sicily are fantastic (as in the rest of Italy). We traveled both with regional trains and intercity trains in Sicily and we highly recommend them. The Train Lines We Travelled The train lines that we traveled on were: Messina-Milazzo Milazzo-Palermo Palermo-Messina Messina- Catania Catania-Siracusa Siracusa-Messina The Train Line Messina-Milazzo Regional trains run on the Messina-Milazzo route. For the first part of the …
The joy was great when we boarded the train in Brindisi, Italy bound for Corigliano. It was the first time since we drove the North-Macedonian Bitola-Skopje section in September (2 months ago) that we were riding a train. It was certainly not with our good will that the train pause had lasted so long. But since the train lines in North-Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania are …